In Denver two weeks ago, I reported on the ever-more-confrontational debate between teachers unions and progressive education reformer types who, backed by influential philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Eli Broad, are moving the Democratic Party toward an enthusiastic acceptance of public charter schools, private school vouchers, test-based accountability, and merit pay for teachers. Barack […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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The Conservative Case for Urbanism
Republicans may have an uneasy relationship to global warming, but some are finding reasons to embrace government projects close to environmentalists’ hearts — like public transit.
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INTERVIEW WITH MCCAIN HECKLER ADAM KOKESH.
Kokesh, a passionate Ron Paul supporter, is 26 and a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. He served in Fallujah in 2004, grew up in Santa Fe, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. He has a website. At the beginning of McCain’s speech, Kokesh held up a sign reading, “McCain Votes Against Vets” and […]
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MCCAIN HECKLER DETAINED, HANDCUFFED, AND RELEASED OUTSIDE EXCEL CENTER.
I just got an exclusive interview with the heckler who interrupted McCain’s address. His message was that the GOP nominee has voted against support for veterans. His name is Adam Kokesh, he is 26, and he served in Fallujah in 2004. He is a Ron Paul supporter. A friend of Kokesh’s who was a Paul […]
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MCCAIN HECKLED.
A major distraction here as McCain accepts the nomination. A heckler with a “McCain Votes Against Vets” sign is screaming “Ask him why he votes against vets!” The crowd tries to drown him out with “USA!” Security is around the man, who is right above me in the stands. They seem to be debating what […]
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THE MCCAIN BIOPIC.
The star of the video was McCain‘s mom, who, it seems, has looked exactly the same since she was 30, and calls her son a “mama’s boy.” The theme of the video, though, is destiny. While reminding us of just how horrid McCain’s experience in Vietnam was, and how heroically he comported himself, there’s no […]
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BIG SURPRISE.
John McCain‘s three middle-aged kids from his first marriage are up on stage tonight. They are pretty much never seen or heard from. —Dana Goldstein
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9/11 9/11 9/11.
Here at the Excel Center, we just finished watching a “never again” video about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, complete with stirring images of New York City. You know, that “cosmopolitan” place filled with “media elites” and “liberals” who don’t put “Country First” — or at least that’s what the message was during the […]
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PALIN SPEECH WILL PLAY VERY, VERY WELL.
It’s filled with the expected only-Republicans-put nation-first stuff, but it also has some moments of real beauty: Children with special needs inspire a very special kind of love. And to the parents of special needs children across the country, I have a message for you. For years you sought to make America a more welcoming […]
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RUDY TIME.
Wow. The attack against Obama‘s “present” votes really has this crowd revved up, almost to Denver-levels of enthusiasm. Here’s the rhetoric, which is pretty potent: On the other hand, you have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a community organizer, and immersed himself in Chicago machine politics. […]
